CVE-2023-53520CWE-362

CVE-2023-53520

High · published October 1, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: Fix hci_suspend_sync crash

If hci_unregister_dev() frees the hci_dev object but hci_suspend_notifier

may still be accessing it, it can cause the program to crash.

Here's the call trace:

<4>[102152.653246] Call Trace:

<4>[102152.653254] hci_suspend_sync+0x109/0x301 [bluetooth]

<4>[102152.653259] hci_suspend_dev+0x78/0xcd [bluetooth]

<4>[102152.653263] hci_suspend_notifier+0x42/0x7a [bluetooth]

<4>[102152.653268] notifier_call_chain+0x43/0x6b

<4>[102152.653271] __blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x48/0x69

<4>[102152.653273] __pm_notifier_call_chain+0x22/0x39

<4>[102152.653276] pm_suspend+0x287/0x57c

<4>[102152.653278] state_store+0xae/0xe5

<4>[102152.653281] kernfs_fop_write+0x109/0x173

<4>[102152.653284] __vfs_write+0x16f/0x1a2

<4>[102152.653287] ? selinux_file_permission+0xca/0x16f

<4>[102152.653289] ? security_file_permission+0x36/0x109

<4>[102152.653291] vfs_write+0x114/0x21d

<4>[102152.653293] __x64_sys_write+0x7b/0xdb

<4>[102152.653296] do_syscall_64+0x59/0x194

<4>[102152.653299] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x5c/0xc1

This patch holds the reference count of the hci_dev object while

processing it in hci_suspend_notifier to avoid potential crash

caused by the race condition.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00117 · 1.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-362 · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Published
2025-10-01T16:15Z
Affected products (2)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.7, < 6.1.556.1.55
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.5.56.5.5
References (4)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 OCT 11:46Z
    Bluetooth: Fix hci_suspend_sync crash
    cvelistv5